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On This Day - December 15

1906 C 5 (I 35) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse ended her 5th war patrol at Blyth after having been recalled.
1940 Thunderbolt (N 25) At 1017 hours the Italian submarine Capitano Tarantini was torpedoed and sunk south-west of the Gironde Estuary near Bordeaux, France.
1940 P 32 Launched
1941 Torbay (N 79) HMS Torbay sinks three Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Cape Methene.
1942 Unruffled (P 46) HMS Unruffled sinks the Italian merchant Sant'Antioco about 35 nautical miles north-north-west of Cape Bon, Tunisia.
1944 X 20 (Exemplar) Completed
1944 Shalimar (P 242) HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese tug and two barges with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1944 XE20 Completed
1945 Token (P 328) Completed
1947 Artful (P 456) Commissioned for service with the 2nd Submarine Flotilla (at Portland)

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